Media Advisory: 2013 General Election Financing Reports Available

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 19, 2013

VICTORIA – The 2013 General Election financing reports of candidates, registered political parties, registered constituency associations, and election advertising sponsors are available for public inspection at Elections BC, Suite 100 – 1112 Fort Street, and on the Elections BC website (elections.bc.ca).

The reports must be filed with the Chief Electoral Officer within 90 days after a provincial election. The filing deadline for the reports was 4:30 p.m. on August 12, 2013. The reports include expenses of each filer and information regarding contributions they received.

Elections BC’s Financial Reports and Political Contributions system allows the public to search and download political contribution data and view scanned images of financial reports filed under the Election Act, and the Recall and Initiative Act.

Links:

Scanned reports

S-A1 political contribution data

Reports for the following were not filed by the deadline established by the Election Act. The reports may be filed by September 11, 2013 with a late filing fee of $500.

Candidates Electoral District Affiliation
Moe Gill Abbotsford West Independent
Sukhi Dhami Abbotsford West BC NDP
Patti MacAhonic Chilliwack BC NDP
Edward Andreas Stanbrough Coquitlam-Maillardville Green Party of BC
Harry Lali Fraser-Nicola BC NDP
Walter Douglas Anderson Nanaimo BC Liberal Party
Arthur Austin Hadland Peace River North Independent
Mike Brousseau Skeena BC Conservative Party
Harry Kooner Surrey-Cloverdale BC NDP
Matt William Begley Surrey-Cloverdale
Constituency Associations Affiliation
Richmond Centre Constituency Association BC Conservative Party
Surrey-Green Timbers Constituency Association BC Conservative Party
Surrey-White Rock Constituency Association BC Conservative Party
Vancouver-Langara Constituency Association BC Conservative Party
Saanich North and the Islands Constituency Association Green Party of BC
Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows Constituency Association BC NDP
Election Advertising Sponsors
Cranbrook Physicians for Health Care
Tanker Free BC Society

Extensions:
Due to extenuating circumstances, extensions to the filing deadline were granted to the following:

Candidates Electoral District Affiliation
Sharon Hartwell Stikine BC Liberal Party
Donald A. Roberts Prince-George Valemount Christian Heritage Party of B.C.
Nicholas Scapillati Vancouver-Quilchena BC NDP
Constituency Associations Affiliation
Parksville-Qualicum Constituency Association BC Conservative Party
Kamloops-South Thompson Constituency Association BC NDP

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Contact:
Andrew Watson
Communications Coordinator
Elections BC
Phone: 250-952-6537
Email: Andrew.Watson@elections.bc.ca
Website: elections.bc.ca

Elections BC is a non-partisan Office of the Legislature, responsible for the administration of the Election Act, Recall and Initiative Act, and conduct of referenda under the Referendum Act.